9-letter words containing c, r, a, m
- macrocyst — a large cyst or spore case, especially the encysted, resting plasmodium of a slime mold.
- macrocyte — an abnormally large red blood cell.
- macrodome — a dome the faces of which are parallel to the greater lateral axis.
- macrodont — the condition of having abnormally large teeth.
- macroetch — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macroform — an image or reproduction, as of a document, in a size that permits reading or viewing with the naked eye.
- macroglia — Any of various glial cells that are larger than microglia.
- macrolide — Any of a class of antibiotics containing a lactone ring, of which the first and best known is erythromycin.
- macrolith — a stone tool about 1 foot (30 cm) long.
- macrology — Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words.
- macromere — one of the large blastomeres that form toward the vegetal pole in embryos undergoing unequal cleavage.
- macropods — Plural form of macropod.
- macropore — Any pore sufficiently wide to allow water to flow unimpeded by capillary action.
- macropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be larger than their actual size.
- macrotape — (storage) /mak'roh-tayp/ An industry-standard reel of magnetic tape, as opposed to a microtape. See also round tape.
- macrotous — having large ears
- macrurous — long-tailed, as a lobster (opposed to brachyurous).
- mainbrace — a brace leading to a main yard.
- man crush — an intense but non-sexual admiration felt by one man for another
- manchuria — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- manicures — Plural form of manicure.
- manticore — a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
- manurance — the cultivation or occupation of land
- maracaibo — a seaport in NW Venezuela.
- maracanda — ancient name of Samarkand.
- marcasite — Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
- marcelled — Simple past tense and past participle of marcel.
- marcellus — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- march fly — any of several flies of the family Bibionidae that appear during spring and early summer.
- marchland — borderland.
- marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
- marchpane — marzipan.
- mariachis — Plural form of mariachi.
- markevich — Igor [ee-guh r] /ˈi gər/ (Show IPA), 1912–83, Russian conductor and composer.
- marrakech — a city in W Morocco.
- marruecos — Spanish name of Morocco.
- marshbuck — an antelope of the central African swamplands, Strepsiceros spekei, with spreading hoofs adapted to boggy ground; an important vector of the tsetse fly
- mascarade — Alternative form of masquerade.
- mascaraed — a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
- mascarons — grotesque face used as decoration
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- mass card — a card stating that a Mass will be said, especially for a deceased person, and sent by the donor, as to the family of the deceased.
- massacred — Simple past tense and past participle of massacre.
- massacree — (colloquial) A sequence of events so absurd, complicated and uncommon as to be unbelievable.
- massacrer — One who massacres.
- massacres — Plural form of massacre.
- matchgirl — A girl who sold matches on the streets.
- matchmark — a mark made on mating components of an engine, machine, etc, to ensure that the components are assembled in the correct relative positions
- matriarch — the female head of a family or tribal line.